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Weather Vane (1950-09-21) Vol. 11 No. 2

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Fac u l i u ^
V ! ^
TUT7 RIGORS OF MISCALCULATION \ $
There were better days to be on the high­way
than July 3, 1950. But I was there, not
necessarily by any will of my own, but be­cause
cf an inner drive which allows rr:en to
accent cnurch assignments that take then. away
from home nnH family.
Evelyn Jc 'ce har’ had her tonsils removed
that crrf. ngj the building program was in
full wii.gj I was loathe to leave. About
ten inutes of four, I left he hospital for
Marfclnsburg, IV. Va. This gave me a lU.ttle
more than two hcurs to drive about eighty-nine
miles i_n one of A m erica’s busy highways,
July 3« ^ t w e e n Harriscnburg and Martinsburg
there are possibly ten cr mere towns of vary­ing
size with twenty-five r,ile speed lin.its.
Some twenty id.les our to Martinsburg, I
realized th~t I weuld have to drive faster if
I was to arrive in time to bcarc the 6 o'clock
westbound Capital limited. I alerted myself
further anc.' began tc c’r ‘ ve in furious fashion
like a cab driver gi ing on vacation. To add
tc the mystery and tension of the occasion,
my horn blew twice involuntarily; this gave
me visions of having a short develop which
wculd cause firej a fire would be sure to
contend my little chariot to the nearest junk
heap-this wa3 net the me -t romantic thcught
at the moment.
Somehow I arrived with a minute or two in
my favor, parked hurriedlr, ant ran for the
station. The a~ent stated that he was about
to cancel , y reservation. He did a rust job
on m y ticket and told me to hurry as the
train was comin; in. The Capital limited
w a i 1 s 'cr nc man regardless of* race or creed,
and it r m s on tine. This evening was no
exception. I ran down the steps, crossed the
tracks and feund my car and its Si.iling
porter.
About two hour3 later when I was jetting
settled in my uppr.r, I was interrupted b y a
trainman. "Are ycu the gentleman who got on
at Mart nsburg•" 1 pleaded guilty, feeling a
kinship to Jonah or some other wayfaring
creature. nWe h ve word fron. the a ent there
staling that he u> derch'rged you $7.92...."
Hurry anr tension are frequently brought
on by miscalculation and miscalculation may
produc rigors which separate the soul from
the body.
M y life shall attest to the goodness of
God; His eternal vigilance and providence
stand approved.
— J. Mark Stauffer
\ } L ,
w c A
ROUND THfc. WOULD
IN A MINUTE AND-A-MAL
U n d e r t n o general title cf "Background for
V'ar," Time, September 18, discusses the ad­visability
of staging a war in 1?£0, ir 195c*
or at a later date. After discussing the
pros and cons, the experts conclude in the
article that the United States would stand
the best chance of winning a war in 19f>3}
that an intensive prep •ation -’or a show­down
in 1953 seems the least perilous of the
three pos dblilities and so, in e f ’ect,advi.sfi
that.
The feature article, as it appears on the
cover of the latest Country Gentleman is en­titled,
*Are Our Farms Ready For All-out V/ar?
Fresh in our minds is the appointment of
an army general, Gen ral George C. Marshall,
to t-he office of Secretary o ” lefense. Gen.
Mars .all will certainly not make the "mistated
of paring down the armed !‘crses as the ousted
Defense Secretary, L;.wis Johnson, did. Rather
his philosophy points in the opposite direc­tion,
for he is a veteran army man.
’.'hen we realize the course of events, how
glad Christians all over the ’o r l d can be for
Psalr. s U6 and 911
— Edgar Clor.ons
”001 PLAYS ".ITT PE-AND-SET K"
Next I'cnday evening the Icon goes into to
tal eclipse. oon enters umbra 9»31.
Totality lO.^ii- 11. U0
Moon clears umbra 1.02
For r< ore particulars see I aily *-Jcw Record,
this morning's edition.
— It.T.B.

t
<=f - X I - -J 'O
Fac u l i u ^
V ! ^
TUT7 RIGORS OF MISCALCULATION \ $
There were better days to be on the high­way
than July 3, 1950. But I was there, not
necessarily by any will of my own, but be­cause
cf an inner drive which allows rr:en to
accent cnurch assignments that take then. away
from home nnH family.
Evelyn Jc 'ce har’ had her tonsils removed
that crrf. ngj the building program was in
full wii.gj I was loathe to leave. About
ten inutes of four, I left he hospital for
Marfclnsburg, IV. Va. This gave me a lU.ttle
more than two hcurs to drive about eighty-nine
miles i_n one of A m erica’s busy highways,
July 3« ^ t w e e n Harriscnburg and Martinsburg
there are possibly ten cr mere towns of vary­ing
size with twenty-five r,ile speed lin.its.
Some twenty id.les our to Martinsburg, I
realized th~t I weuld have to drive faster if
I was to arrive in time to bcarc the 6 o'clock
westbound Capital limited. I alerted myself
further anc.' began tc c’r ‘ ve in furious fashion
like a cab driver gi ing on vacation. To add
tc the mystery and tension of the occasion,
my horn blew twice involuntarily; this gave
me visions of having a short develop which
wculd cause firej a fire would be sure to
contend my little chariot to the nearest junk
heap-this wa3 net the me -t romantic thcught
at the moment.
Somehow I arrived with a minute or two in
my favor, parked hurriedlr, ant ran for the
station. The a~ent stated that he was about
to cancel , y reservation. He did a rust job
on m y ticket and told me to hurry as the
train was comin; in. The Capital limited
w a i 1 s 'cr nc man regardless of* race or creed,
and it r m s on tine. This evening was no
exception. I ran down the steps, crossed the
tracks and feund my car and its Si.iling
porter.
About two hour3 later when I was jetting
settled in my uppr.r, I was interrupted b y a
trainman. "Are ycu the gentleman who got on
at Mart nsburg•" 1 pleaded guilty, feeling a
kinship to Jonah or some other wayfaring
creature. nWe h ve word fron. the a ent there
staling that he u> derch'rged you $7.92...."
Hurry anr tension are frequently brought
on by miscalculation and miscalculation may
produc rigors which separate the soul from
the body.
M y life shall attest to the goodness of
God; His eternal vigilance and providence
stand approved.
— J. Mark Stauffer
\ } L ,
w c A
ROUND THfc. WOULD
IN A MINUTE AND-A-MAL
U n d e r t n o general title cf "Background for
V'ar," Time, September 18, discusses the ad­visability
of staging a war in 1?£0, ir 195c*
or at a later date. After discussing the
pros and cons, the experts conclude in the
article that the United States would stand
the best chance of winning a war in 19f>3}
that an intensive prep •ation -’or a show­down
in 1953 seems the least perilous of the
three pos dblilities and so, in e f ’ect,advi.sfi
that.
The feature article, as it appears on the
cover of the latest Country Gentleman is en­titled,
*Are Our Farms Ready For All-out V/ar?
Fresh in our minds is the appointment of
an army general, Gen ral George C. Marshall,
to t-he office of Secretary o ” lefense. Gen.
Mars .all will certainly not make the "mistated
of paring down the armed !‘crses as the ousted
Defense Secretary, L;.wis Johnson, did. Rather
his philosophy points in the opposite direc­tion,
for he is a veteran army man.
’.'hen we realize the course of events, how
glad Christians all over the ’o r l d can be for
Psalr. s U6 and 911
— Edgar Clor.ons
”001 PLAYS ".ITT PE-AND-SET K"
Next I'cnday evening the Icon goes into to
tal eclipse. oon enters umbra 9»31.
Totality lO.^ii- 11. U0
Moon clears umbra 1.02
For r< ore particulars see I aily *-Jcw Record,
this morning's edition.
— It.T.B.